The Missouri Beef Quality Assurance Program (MO-BQA) is designed to improve standards of cattle handling and production by providing information on industry issues and practices that will benefit both the producer and consumer.
The program allows producers to maintain a fair value and a continued share of the market for their calves. The program provides producers a standardized tool to build the reputation of, and increase the demand for, Missouri feeder cattle.
In addition, the program increases the producers’ accountability for the product and allows participating producers to be more pro-active when dealing with cattle buyers, feeders, packers and ultimately, consumers.
The beef industry must improve the quality and consistency of its product and become more competitive with alternative protein sources.
For more information on Beef Quality Assurance go to www.bqa.org.
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The Missouri Cattlemen's Association has partnered with the Beef Cattle Institute to offer affordable online certification to Missouri's producers and cattle industry partners!
This training is available at www.animalcaretraining.org. On this website you can select the species in which you wish to be trained and learn more about the program. Please click on the link above to begin training.
Before beginning the training, you will need to complete the online registration form, select the training package that best suits your needs, and pay the $25 certification fee. This certification is valid for three years from the date of training completion.
Once you are registered you can train in the comfort of your own home or business whenever it is convenient for you!
You may ask why it is important to be a BQA Certified producer or business. Never before has animal agriculture been under such scrutiny for the way the nations food animals are raised and produced. Animal rights organizations, such as the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) are knocking on our front door with ballot initiatives and real legal challenges to the way we do business on a daily basis. It is extremely important that producers do their part in taking every possible effort to treat their animals with excellent care, while providing a safe and quality food product. This not only makes you a better producer, it makes animal agriculture a stronger industry and unites us against the claims of these organizations.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. We are very excited about this new opportunity and truly hope you will take advantage of it!
